As the author of “Compliance-based, Eligibility Driven Hospice Documentation: Tips for Hospice Nurses,” I’d like to share this resource with my fellow hospice professionals. This book complements documentation resources like The Amity Group’s master bundle.

The book provides example narratives for various aspects of hospice care, including:

• Admission documentation
• Recertification processes
• IDG/IDT meeting notes
• Continuous care documentation
• General Inpatient (GIP) care records

In writing this book, I aimed to offer a practical guide for hospice nurses looking to enhance their documentation skills while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. As we all know, clear and accurate documentation is crucial in our field.

The book is available on Amazon.com: Compliance-based, Eligibility Driven Hospice Documentation: Tips for Hospice Nurses.

I hope this resource can be helpful to some of you in your essential work providing compassionate care to patients and their families. As always, I encourage all hospice professionals to seek resources and training to improve our collective practice continually.

Resources

Holistic Nurse: Skills for Excellence book series

• The Nurse’s Guide to Motivational Interviewing: Empowering Patients to Make Lasting Health Changes
• Trauma-Informed Care: Applications Throughout the Nursing Continuum
• Validation in Action: A Nurse’s Guide to Compassionate Communication
• Compassionate Care in Conflict: A Nurse’s Guide to Managing Combative Patients
• Dementia Staging Mastery: A Nurse’s Guide to Dementia Assessment
• Clinical CBT Applications: Essential Strategies for Modern Nursing Practice

One-to-One Hospice Nurse Coaching

Self-Paced Hospice Nurse Courses

Digital Downloads for Hospice Teams

The following are hospice-related digital products intended to aid benefit clinicians and agencies:

• Hospice Acuity Tool: Score, Track & Document Visits
• Hospice Nurse Toolkit
• Hospice Referral Toolkit for Facility Staff
• FY 2027 Hospice Coverage Compliance Toolkit

Empowering Excellence in Hospice: A Nurse’s Toolkit for Best Practices book series

• Art of Hospice Prognosis: Essential Skills for Clinical Assessment and Family Communication
• Beyond the Hospital: Navigating a Career in Hospice Nursing
• Breath of Life: Managing End-of-Life Respiratory Symptoms
• Care Plans for Hospice Patients: A Comprehensive Guide (updated for HOPE)
• Clinical Pathophysiology: A Reference for Hospice and Palliative Nurses
• Compliance-Based, Eligibility-Driven Hospice Documentation: Tips for Hospice Nurses
• Conversations at the End: Guiding Families Through Final Days
• HOPE in Practice: Implementing Patient-Centered Outcomes in Hospice Care
• HOPE in Action: A Practical Guide to Hospice Assessments
• HOPE Assessment Tool Updates & Version Tracking (free webpage that provides the latest CMS updates to HOPE)
• Hospice Clinical Pharmacology: Critical Thinking for Comfort-Centered Care
• Hospice Tools of the Trade: Essentials for Hospice Nurses
• Mastering Dementia Admissions: Essential Guidelines for Hospice Eligibility
• Mastering Hospice Eligibility: An Essential Guide for RNs and Clinical Managers
• Mastering Hospice Recertifications: A Comprehensive Guide for Nurses
• Mastering the Hospice Item Set: A Comprehensive Guide for Nurses and Managers
• Medication Reconciliation in Hospice Care: Maximizing Quality of Life (Updated to add the StopFrail method)
• The Art of Hospice Visit Planning: A Clinical Guide to Patient-Centered Care Frequency (updated for HOPE)
• The Complete Hospice Visit: A Nurse’s Guide to Excellence (updated for HOPE)
• The Hospice CoP Handbook: Meeting Federal Mandates from Admission to Audit
• Regulatory Updates to The Hospice CoP Handbook (free webpage that provides the latest conditions of participation updates)
• Time Management for Hospice Nurses: Practical Strategies for Rural Practice
• Whispers of Time: Understanding the End-of-Life Timeline

The best symptom management book the author has read: Notes on Symptom Control in Hospice & Palliative Care

Tips for Hospice Nurses – Numerous Articles